Brian W. Kelly retired as an Assistant Professor in the Business Information Technology (BIT) program at Marywood University, where he also served as the IBM i and Midrange Systems technical advisor to the IT Faculty. Kelly designed, developed, and taught many college and professional courses. He continues as a contributing technical editor to a number of industry magazines, including "The Four Hundred" and "Four Hundred Guru," published by IT Jungle. You may be able to see from the picture that Brian is overweight; but he weighs lots less today after a few years on the Wine Diet! Kelly is a former IBM Senior Systems Engineer. His specialty was problem solving for customers as well as implementing advanced operating systems and software on client machines. Brian is the author of 61 books and numerous magazine articles. He has been a frequent speaker at technical conferences throughout the United States. Brian was a candidate for the US Congress from Pennsylvania in 2010 and he ran for Mayor in his home town in 2015. He has been more successful in losing weight than he has in being elected to public office.